The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-06-03

Your service is forced by the law-you
dare not disobey its summons-and your
only ofIense ID that you have conducted
yourselves as good, law-abiding citizens,
and therefore you are taken on the jury.
The unreal claim ofliberty by the liquor
dealer, deprives you of your real liberty
day by day.
1t Injuries you also in your third righ.,
that OF acquiring, using aud enjoying
property. 1t increases taxation.
Here the speaker reviewed Mr.. Hcgg's
figures as set oIt in his recent letter &c
the Statesman, which are as follows;
Total income TO the state from the liquor
traffic for two years 81 ,02i, 10000.
Total expense of administering the Grim
inai law for same period, 1855, 1891
Giving balance in favor of income of
$4,000 20.
1t was contended that there were mis-
takes in these figures in both iisms, in the
LIST because 1t included the income to the
State and county, and in th' second be-
cause it included oulya pare of the ex-
pense paid and due by the state and noue
blythe counties at all.
The true figures as follows, taking them
for one year: If VIC take the income to
the state, it is 1894, 500, Expense actually
paid by the state, $40, 266, 81.
By looking at the laws ofthe last legis-
lature, page Is, you viii find an appropri-
ton to cover additional expense, not al
ready paid for the two years referred to
by Mr.. Hogg, of $4,000. The half of
this, sl07 900 added to the amount paid,
given above makes, $3.50, 266.s7 paid by
the state, againts 1884, 500, received.
If You take the collec ion for both
state and county. you have the following
results:
Income to state, S534, $4,000
Income to county, SIG, $4,000
Total income for one year s50l, $1,000
Expense paid and due by state, s5s6, 266,s7
To ascertain the county expense we will
take San Saba as an average county of the
state. which is at least fair to the ants.
By your Treasurers's records it is shown
that this county pays $1,000 jury service In
the district court each year. Two thirds
of this service is rendered in criminal cases
which will give $4,000 jury expense in
each county There are 166 organized
counties in Texas. This item is therefore
s372, 1000.
There are WITNESSES attending court
who reside in the county and who get no
pay it is true, but whose loss OF time is to
them and to the public as heavy expense
as the payment. Estin ate these at 25 for
all the cases, put it at 3 per day, total,
so per day. Criminal court continues,
say ten days each term, twice year; 90
days per year, making $1,000 year in each
eounty-sls6,O 900 in the state.
In twO-thirds of the counties there ara
county courts, meeting four times each
year. Allowing them one week on crimi-
nal docket each term with twelve jurors
per day, and estimating the counties at
100, We have over the state s69, O2O for this
item. Witness expense estimated for the
county courts at four courts per year will
also be $4,000.
The treasurer's books of your county
also show that the expense of feeding and
keeping prisoners in this county is slO43.-
20 per year; take that for ls6 counties and
you have si94, 1iS.2O.
Take all these expenses together and
you have a grand total of sl,475, 555.O7
Total income sol, $4,000